Kejsarn av Portugallien

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Kejsarn av Portugallien is a 1914 novel by Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf that tells the tragic, psychologically rich story of a poor crofter whose obsessive love for his daughter leads him into delusion and self-styled "emperorship."

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Predicate Object
instanceOf novel
author Selma Lagerlöf NERFINISHED
authorNationality Swedish
centralTheme delusion
madness
parental love
poverty
sacrifice
social stigma
countryOfOrigin Sweden
genre psychological novel
tragic novel
hasAdaptation Kejsarn av Portugallien (1925 film) NERFINISHED
Kejsarn av Portugallien (1939 film) NERFINISHED
Kejsarn av Portugallien (1992 TV series) NERFINISHED
hasCharacterRole father as self-styled emperor
hasForm prose
hasLiterarySignificance classic of Swedish literature
hasMotif escape from reality
imagined empire
shame and honor
hasProtagonistOccupation crofter
hasStructure linear narrative
hasSubject father–daughter relationship
idealization of a child
mental illness
rural Swedish life
social exclusion
hasTitleInEnglish The Emperor of Portugallia
literaryMovement Nordic realism NERFINISHED
literaryPeriod early 20th century literature
mainCharacter Jan i Skrolycka NERFINISHED
Klara Fina Gulleborg NERFINISHED
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor depiction of psychological breakdown
portrayal of obsessive parental love
originalLanguage Swedish
placeInAuthorOeuvre one of Selma Lagerlöf's major novels
protagonistSocialClass rural poor
publicationYear 1914
publisherCountry Sweden NERFINISHED
setting Värmland NERFINISHED
settingCountry Sweden NERFINISHED
targetAudience adult readers
timePeriodOfStory 19th century

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Selma Lagerlöf notableWork Kejsarn av Portugallien